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How to Synergize Poppy with Rek'Sai on the Same TeamPoppy is in the b tier of champions

Poppy with Rek'Sai

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How to Synergize Poppy and Rek'Sai

based on 161 Poppy with Rek'Sai pairs
Win Rate
51.6 %
K/D/A
2.26
Pick Rate
0.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull data from from millions of League matches directly from Riot Games each week. Poppy has been on the same team as Rek'Sai in 161 recently played, ranked matches. By amassing so much great data straight from the makers of LoL, we feel confident that we can produce high quality, insightful builds to help Poppy play with Rek'Sai. It is very rare for Poppy to play alongside Rek'Sai as allies. This pairing has only taken place in about 0.3% of rounds with Poppy.

Poppy Rek'Sai Synergy Summary

Poppy has done a decent job of synergizing with Rek'Sai. Normally, she wins an acceptable 51.6% of matches the champs appear on the same team. If you want to play better as Poppy when fighting on the same team as Rek'Sai by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with him, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Poppy vs Rek'Sai Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalBami's Cinder

Core Poppy Items

~22 Mins
ThornmailIceborn GauntletJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Sunfire AegisUnending Despair

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Poppy to level upq
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Second ability for Poppy to level upe
>
Last skill for Poppy to max outw

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishSecond WindRevitalize
SorceryManaflow BandScorch
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Poppy's passive ability p
Poppy's q ability q
Poppy's w ability w
Poppy's e ability e
Poppy's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
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Q
10
E
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R
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E
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Poppy and Rek'Sai

Tips for Playing as Poppy with Rek'Sai

Keeper's Verdict can be released immediately to send the enemy straight up, take advantage of this in duels.

Iron Ambassador tends to land near walls, try to take advantage of this with Heroic Charge.

Advice to Understand How Rek'Sai Will Play

Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.

Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.

Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.

Poppy Rek'Sai Synergy Stats

Poppy Image
Win Rate
51.6 %
VS
Win Rate
48.4 %
Rek'Sai Image
4.4
< Kills >
4.9
5.3
< Deaths >
5.5
7.6
< Assists >
8.6
1.01
< Killing Sprees >
1.12
126
< Minions Killed >
82
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.73
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.42
13,240
< Physical Damage >
13,113
4,367
< Magic Damage >
3,593
674
< True Damage >
907
18,282
< Damage Dealt >
17,614
27,757
< Damage Taken >
30,306
10,043
< Gold Earned >
10,571
1.91
< Towers >
1.63
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.16
4,510
< Total Healing >
7,914
13,194
< Experience >
13,394
23
< Vision Score >
24
11
< Wards Placed >
9
548
< Time Dealing CC >
658

How to Play with Rek'Sai as Poppy in LoL

The Poppy Rek'Sai synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rek'Sai, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Poppy sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Rek'Sai. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Rek'Sai helps Poppy perform poorer in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Poppy tries to synergize with Rek'Sai, she observes a marginal improvement in her full damage output. This change may demonstrate that Rek'Sai helps provide protection for her to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Poppy is played together with Rek'Sai on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Rek'Sai.

Moreover, when Poppy plays with Rek'Sai on the same side, she typically takes less damage than when she fights alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Rek'Sai does a decent job of protecting Poppy during teamfights.

Synergies between Poppy and Rek'Sai

Damage Types Compared

Poppy
Rek'Sai
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Poppy
Rek'Sai

Is Poppy better when played alongside Rek'Sai?

There is no perfect synergy for Poppy that will always be her #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Rek'Sai is a decent teammate for Poppy. By playing on the same side as Poppy, he increases their win rate by 1.9% to 51.6%. This signals that there is pretty good strategic relationship between Poppy and Rek'Sai that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.

Rek'Sai has a much lower diffuclty than Poppy. That means Poppy players don't need to be very careful when finding Rek'Sai allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

Working cooperatively, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. When paired, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Conversely, by bringing Poppy and Rek'Sai together, you will not be granting your other allies very much magical damage output. Plan to have other champions on your team that neutralizes this gap in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of your Rek'Sai ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Poppy Players

How We Calculated Our Poppy Rek'Sai Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Poppy and Rek'Sai, we analyzed 161 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Poppy with Rek'Sai comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To truly master Poppy in order to pair well with Rek'Sai during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The ideal finished items to focus on in your Poppy and Rek'Sai synergy build consist of Thornmail, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Poppy included at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when fighting alongside Rek'Sai than with many other common item sets. In fact, Poppy boasted an average winrate of 51.6% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Rek'Sai with this build.

To have the greatest probability of beating your oponents, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Second Wind, Revitalize, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for this champion pairing, this order of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.6% winrate overall.

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